So that's where she gets it from! Rare sighting of Sophie Ellis-Bextor with former Blue Peter presenter mum Janet, 57, at LFW | Daily Mail Online So that's where she gets it from! Rare sighting of Sophie Ellis-Bextor with former Blue Peter presenter mum Janet, 57, at LFW comments Looking at Sophie Ellis-Bextor and then at her mother Janet Ellis, it is easy to see where the former singer gets her flawless skin and slim figure from. In a rare public outing together the pair were spotted on the front row at London Fashion Week's PPQ show on Friday evening - showing off the famous Ellis stunning cheekbones and glowing skin-tone. Former Blue Peter presenter Janet, 57, smiled as she posed up with her daughter - a mother-of-two herself - who towered over her mother at the show. Easy to see where she gets her flawless skin from: Sophie Ellis-Bextor towers above her mother Janet Ellis at PPQ catwalk show Janet, who is best known for presenting the BBC children's television programmes Blue Peter and the award-winning Jigsaw between 1979 and 1987, opted for a flattering salmon three-quarter sleeve blouse and knee length black skirt.

RELATED ARTICLES Share While her daughter stuck to her traditional floor-length black-tie gown. Ellis-Bextor was mpressed with PPQ, and summed it up when she said: 'It was really good fun actually. I really liked the colours and I definitely saw a few things that I can picture being worn.' Like mother, like daughter: Janet and Sophie lit up a decorous front row at PPQ Girls' night out! Sophie and mum Janet both opted for black with splashes of colour for the catwalk show Impressed: Sophie said she admired PPQ's collection which critics said was a move towards the sophisticated PPQ designers Amy Molyneaux and Percy Parker said the bright colours were because of boredom with black. Molyneaux said: 'I just got bored of buying black coats. In winter when you go out you spend most of your time in a coat or a jacket and I wanted to pass on that jewel-ism into the tailoring.' She added that while there were lots of 'hot girls' they would like to dress, they would not name any celebrities.

Acclaimed: Block colours and daring dresses made PPQ a hit with fashion fans Busy: With a show displaying sassy dresses in tropical colours, bright coats Peaches was probably pleased with the results So has PPQ got sophisticated? 'Yes, exactly,' Percy dryly told MailOnline. 'We used to be so juvenile and childish. We have gone past teenage years and we are in our early twenties...' The designers said they were celebrating their London Fashion Week show with a party at the Playboy Club with 'lots of champagne and bunnies'. In her heyday! Janet pictured here with Bill and Ben during her years of presenting Party: The PPQ designers said they were celebrating their show with a party at the Playboy Club with ‘lots of champagne and bunnies’ Bodycon, brights and the boldest of prints: An all-grown-up PPQ brings the party to London Fashion Week BY FEMAIL EDITOR DEBORAH ARTHURS Bodycon, brights and the boldest of prints: An all-grown-up PPQ brings the party to London Fashion Week PPQ brought the first day of Fashion Week to a close in typically slick fashion this evening with a show that soared from pithy prom to elegant eveningwear and back again.

Having cited their ideal customer as 'Sophia Loren in a rush with Peter Sellers in tow' it was impossible to know what to expect from the unpredictable duo. But one thing is for sure: it was never going to be dull. Colourblocking: Two-tone puffball dresses and ostrich feather trim brought elegant levity to the proceedings PPQ added while there were lots of ‘hot girls’ they would like to dress, they would not name any celebrities. Vivid artsy prints decked out off-the-shoulder bodycon minis, clinging maxis and pointed stilettos made in collaboration with Manolo Blahnik. Colourblocking puffball dresses, ostrich feather trim and tipped wide-brimmed hats brought elegant levity to the proceedings while full-length gowns - some slash-backed and velvet, some with ribboned sleeves, some with feather collars and some with amorphous neon patches - transported the PPQ kidult into womanhood.

Fashion high: The label goes from strength to strength, scooping up the moneyed sophisticate along with the rock progeny of old PPQ brought the first day of Fashion Week to a close in typically slick fashion this evening with a show that soared from pithy prom to elegant evening-wear and back again. And so the label goes from strength to strength, scooping up the moneyed sophisticate along with the rock progeny of old. Every look in tonight's show - which saw Sophie Ellis Bextor, Paloma Faith and Kate Nash sit in a decorous front row- was topped off with a beribboned beehive, feathered flourish and stacks of attitude - a very deliberate move, Amy says. Retro revival: Impeccable wool coats in hot pink and lemon yellow were neat and sophisticated All-out glamour: Amy Molyneaux & Percy Parker also offered some seriously elegant eveningwear The launch of the PPQ online store is imminent - so imminent in fact that Percy thought it had may already have launched... It hasn't, but it will soon - and shoppers will be able to pick up the collection 24/7 from wherever they are on the planet. Today London Fashion Week, tomorrow the world.

Amen to that. Janet Ellis: From Blue Peter to blue murder Janet Ellis: From Blue Peter to blue murder Janet Ellis, who at 60 has written her debut novel Credit: Clara Molden Judith Woods 26 February 2016 • 4:00pm What sort of conclusions would an 18th-century phrenologist draw from the delicate features of Janet Ellis, the petite former Blue Peter presenter? Could he tell from the curve of her cheekbones that she harbours disturbing thoughts of criminality? Would he guess from the slope of her brow that this girlish grandmother nurses a Hogarthian vision of London’s darkest underbelly? I doubt it. Nobody, not even Ellis herself, could have guessed that her debut novel, written at the age of 60, would be a bleak psychological thriller set in 1763. Or that it would be told from the perspective of an intelligent but sketchily educated 19-year-old girl who isn’t afraid of getting blood on her hands. “I certainly had no idea [that] would be the book I would come up with,” she says while pouring tea into mismatched mugs in her gloriously bohemian west London house.

“People possibly expected a novel of modern manners, not something quite so unsettling. Isn’t it funny?” Writing is just me. I have to stand up for my book, my characters. It matters so much to me that it’s really… proper. Janet Ellis Funny peculiar. Not funny ha ha. Truth be told, I am finding it difficult to credit this smiling, serene woman with the authorship of The Butcher’s Hook , a stew of violence, tension and sex that is utterly compulsive and cries out for a costume drama series. But not on a Sunday evening, please. I suspect our nerves aren’t quite up to such strong meat. When she submitted her manuscript to a publisher, Ellis did so under a pseudonym , not wishing to exploit her name. Although no longer on teatime BBC, she is a regular on The Wright Stuff , the Channel 5 magazine show; a winner of celebrity Come Dine with Me ; and is well known as the mother of pop singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor , the eldest of her three children. Ellis as a Blue Peter presenter Credit: Television Stills It must be satisfying, then, that The Butcher’s Hook has been tipped as a 2016 must-read?

There are, she says, good reasons her first book is being published at this point in her career. “I keep mentioning that I’m 60, which I must stop now that everyone else is mentioning it, too, as though I had deliberately waited,” she says, laughing. “It was simmering for many years and simply took longer than a lot of books because the historical accuracy was important. I did a lot of research by reading diaries and letters of the time.” She admits there was a confidence issue, too; she kept deferring the project because even 10 years ago she wasn’t brave enough to offer up her efforts for public consumption. Janet Ellis: 'I am an unashamed spender’ “You need confidence to present a programme or take on an acting role, but you’re part of a team and there’s a shared responsibility. Writing is just me. I have to stand up for my book, my characters. It matters so much to me that it’s really… proper.

I could maybe have written something more quickly, but I wanted to be sure that someone I like and respect reading it would say, 'That wasn’t glib.’ ” While Ellis’s novel can scarcely be categorised the way so many debuts are, as a “thinly disguised autobiography”, elements of her own experience have inevitably filtered through. I got pregnant very easily, but I couldn’t stay pregnant. At the time it was hard, but I don’t mourn the individual babies that never were. Janet Ellis She has spoken before of the 10 miscarriages she endured while trying for a fourth child. Early in the book a character also loses her babies; the detached way in which these tiny tragedies are conveyed is paradoxically heartbreaking. “I got pregnant very easily, but I couldn’t stay pregnant,” says Ellis. “At the time it was hard, but I don’t mourn the individual babies that never were. These days I might have been classed as having infertility problems and could have undergone treatment, but I just dealt with it.

If I hadn’t had three children already, my feelings would have been different.” With her daughter, singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor Credit: Miles Willis The years have been generous to Ellis, who still has the high-pitched, ultra-feminine voice familiar from Blue Peter. It makes her seem more fragile than she is. She is dismayed and, yes, a little bit fierce, when I suggest that the BBC’s flagship children’s show is more daring now. “That’s not true,” she cries. “We did all sorts of things, like parachuting. And I climbed out of a cable car to demonstrate how a rescue would take place. It was bloomin’ tough.” Ellis, whose father was in the Army, grew up in Germany and Britain, attending seven primary schools. But there was one constant: her ambition from the age of five to be an actress. She went to Central School of Speech and Drama , and her first major job was on the children’s show Jigsaw, by which time she was married to television director Robin Bextor and had a daughter. Sophie was four years old when Ellis joined Blue Peter in 1983. There’s such a thing as 'grandmother’s guilt’, too.

When I’m off working or I haven’t got the time to look after them, I feel so bad. Janet Ellis “Even when I got the job I remember thinking, 'I must leave when I’m still enjoying this,’ ” says Ellis. “It’s such a big, amazing thing to be part of. Kids want to watch you and adults want to be you.” With five hour-long shows a week from September to June, the schedule was gruelling. Then, in 1987, Ellis, by then divorced and in a new relationship, fell pregnant. Contrary to popular belief, she wasn’t sacked by Blue Peter’s producer, Biddy Baxter, for being an unmarried mother. “I knew it would be impossible to juggle filming with a new baby, so I simply handed in my notice,” says Ellis. “My leaving present was a huge overhanging net of nappies that was opened so they all rained down on me, which would be rather odd if I had been axed in disgrace.” Ellis gave birth to her son, Jackson, now 28 and a drummer, and went on to marry her partner, television producer John Leach.

They also have another daughter, Martha, an art historian, 25, who still lives at home. “I really hope they will settle down nearby when the time comes,” says Ellis. “Sophie lives really close, so we see each other most days and I can spend lots of time with my gorgeous grandchildren. I like to take them out individually and give them my undivided attention. But there’s such a thing as 'grandmother’s guilt’, too. When I’m off working or I haven’t got the time to look after them, I feel so bad.” Ellis has been a Costa Prize judge Ellis’s own interests span art, theatre and, above all, books. A voracious reader, she has been a Costa Prize judge and says she understands what makes a good novel. She is now working on her next book, which is entirely different, not least because it’s set in the Seventies. Ellis mischievously admits that one reason for choosing that decade was that it predates mobile phones and she enjoys the fact her characters struggle to communicate. If her inimitable debut is anything to go by, this next novel will immerse readers completely in the world of her making; The Butcher’s Hook thoroughly ensnares.

“My aim was to go for the grim but retain a sense of the prosaic; I had a phase in my teens of reading true-crime murder stories and was fascinated by the banal manner in which people do the most terrible things to other people and then pop out for the newspaper,” she says. “There’s a paper-thin line dividing us and them. What is it within them that makes them act like that and yet continue to live unseen among us? Do we also have that capability?” Frankly, if that nice Janet Ellis is capable of writing a book as ingeniously brutal as this, we must assume absolutely anyone is capable of absolutely anything. The Butcher’s Hook by Janet Ellis is published by Two Roads (£14.99). To order your copy for £12.99 plus p&p call 0844 871 1514 or visit books.telegraph.co.uk Follow Telegraph Books BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Baby boy for singer Ellis Bextor Baby boy for singer Ellis Bextor Singer Sophie Ellis Bextor has given birth to a boy eight weeks early , undergoing a Caesarean section. Doctors had diagnosed the pop star with the potentially life-threatening condition pre-eclampsia.

Sonny was born on Friday at 28 weeks and mother and child were "doing well", said a spokesman for the star. The baby has to remain in hospital for the next few weeks. Ellis Bextor is the daughter of former Blue Peter presenter Janet Ellis. Basinger raises funds for charity\ Actress Kim Basinger has sold her engagement ring from ex-husband Alex Baldwin to raise money for an animal welfare society. Basinger, an active animal rights campaigner, received $59,750 (ï¿½33,100) for the 3.7 carat diamond ring. The money will go towards the Performing Animal Welfare Society, which helps performing and exotic animals in captivity. Basinger married Baldwin in 1993, but the couple split up in 2002. Partridge Family to make comeback The 70s TV series The Partridge Family, which turned David Cassidy into a teen idol, is to make a comeback. The show, which ran from 1970-1974, followed the fortunes of a singing family who toured the US in a psychedelic bus.

Cassidy, 53, told GMTV he would star in and executive produce the new show, as well as being involved in casting. "I thought it would be great to put a spin on it for a whole new generation of people," he said. Thriller writer admits tax fraud US thriller write Dale Brown is facing up to three years in jail after pleading guilty to tax fraud. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) said the 47-year-old had created fictitious companies on his 1998 tax return in order to claim tax deductions. "I take complete responsibility for everything I've done," said Brown, whose novels include Flight of the Old Dog and Fatal Terrain. He will be sentenced in Portland, Oregon, on 9 August. Chalmers receives travel honour Travel presenter Judith Chalmers has become the latest recipient of the Excellence In England's outstanding contribution to tourism award. Chalmers has presented the TV travel show Wish You Were Here? for the last 30 years on ITV. "For decades Judith has shown us some of the best holidays England has to offer," said VisitBritain chairman Sir Michael Lickiss. Previous recipients of the award include The Queen and Harry Potter.

Janet Ellis (Actress) - Pics, Videos, Dating, & News Janet Ellis Female Born Sep 16, 1955 Janet Ellis is a British television presenter and actress, who appeared on BBC children's television in the 1980s, including a four year period as a presenter on Blue Peter, a role she won after hosting the award-winning children's programme Jigsaw. related links News + Updates Browse recent news and stories about Janet Ellis. So That's Where She Gets It From!

Rare Sighting Of Sophie Ellis Bextor With Former Blue Peter Presenter Mum Janet, 57, At Lfw Daily Mail (UK) - Feb 15, 2013 'Looking at Sophie Ellis-Bextor and her mother <mark>Janet Ellis</mark>, it is easy to see where the former singer gets her flawless skin and slim figure from.' Behind The Scenes Look Into The Back Biting World Of Tv Is A Soothing Experience Daily Mail (UK) - Aug 17, 2012 'Lynne Trussâs 45-minute comedy is an enjoyable peek behind the scenes into the catty world of TV and features <mark>Janet Ellis</mark> as the fallen star of the small screen.' Royal Palm Zoning Board Nixes Swimming Lessons; Council To Have Final Say Palm Beach Post Google News - Aug 26, 2011 '&quot;The whole thing boils down the fact that this is a business,&quot; alternate <mark>Janet Ellis</mark> said.

&quot;There&#39;s an attempt to change the code to allow this business.&quot; Powers had submitted letters from neighbors approving her continuation of the lessons' Just 10 Days Left To Enter The First Ever Yours & Rias 'grandparent Of The ... Prfire (Press Release) Google News - Aug 24, 2011 'Also on the judging panel are celebrity grandparent <mark>Janet Ellis</mark>, well-known broadcaster and grandmother to singer Sophie Ellis Bextor&#39;s children; Chief Executive of charity Grandparents Plus Denise Murphy; Chief Executive of Grandparents Association' Learn about the memorable moments in the evolution of Janet Ellis. CHILDHOOD 1955 Birth Born on September 16, 1955. TWENTIES 1977 21 Years Old Ellis met her first husband, TV director Robin Bextor, at the age of 16 and married him in 1977 when she was 21. … Read More Their daughter Sophie was born in 1979. However, the couple separated during her time presenting Blue Peter.

She met TV producer John Leach in 1986 and their son Jackson was born in 1987. Read Less 1978 22 Years Old Ellis's first television appearance in 1978 was a small role in the BBC's children's programme Jackanory Playhouse, followed by a bit part in The Sweeney. 1979 23 Years Old Her big break came in 1979, when she landed the job of regular presenter of the Clive Doig-produced Jigsaw. … Read More Also that year she played the character of "Teka" in the Doctor Who story The Horns of Nimon. Read Less 1983 27 Years Old After four series in Jigsaw Ellis left to join Blue Peter on 28 April 1983. … Read More During her four-year stint, she co-presented with Simon Groom, Sarah Greene, Peter Duncan, Michael Sundin, Mark Curry and Caron Keating. Read Less THIRTIES 1987 31 Years Old Her last show was on 29 June 1987.

… Read More It is commonly believed that Ellis was sacked from the programme for being unmarried and pregnant with son Jackson, but in recent years Ellis has stated that she was fully supported by the Blue Peter production team and the decision to leave the programme was her own. Read Less 1990 34 Years Old After leaving Blue Peter Ellis married Leach, now managing director of TV production company Sunset+Vine, and they had another child, daughter Martha, in 1990. … Read More Ellis has spoken publicly of the ten miscarriages she suffered while trying for a fourth child. Away from writing and broadcasting Ellis is a Board Member of the Lyric Theatre Hammersmith, a Patron of Maggie's Centres, and a Council and Honorary Member of the National Youth Theatre. Read Less 1994 38 Years Old After leaving Blue Peter Ellis scaled back her presenting commitments in order to spend time bringing up her family. During this period she presented the BBC's Open Air programme, wrote a book entitled How to Get Married Without Divorcing Your Family with her friend and ex Blue Peter co-host Caron Keating in 1994, and provided voiceovers for numerous advertisements.

… Read More She also presented the Daz Challenge in the TV ads for 3 years. Read Less FORTIES 2000 44 Years Old Ellis returned to the TV screen in 2000. 2001 45 Years Old She played a TV reporter in an episode of the first full series of Waking the Dead in 2001. … Read More She has been appearing on the Channel 5 (then known as Five) show The Wright Stuff since 2002 as a regular panellist, and on BBC Radio 4's Broadcasting House. Read Less 2003 47 Years Old She also presented Housebusters between 2003 and 2005 on Five. … Read More This was followed by the week-long documentary series Life Blood in 2004, also aired on Five, and the 2005 series of The Great Garden Challenge for Channel 4. Read Less FIFTIES Show Less In December 2010, Janet and her daughter Sophie appeared on Channel 4's The Million Pound Drop Live.

Also shown on Channel 4 on 22 December 2010, Ellis competed in the Come Dine With Me celebrity Christmas special. … Read More The winner's prize of Â£1,000 was donated to charity. Ellis won, beating singer Tony Christie and actress Susie Amy into joint second place, with musician and actor Goldie bringing up the rear. Read Less 2012 56 Years Old In January 2012 Ellis returned to her first love of acting by starring in a production of Alan Bennett's comedy play Green Forms for a week at the Tabard Theatre in Chiswick in order to raise money for Maggie's Centres. 2014 58 Years Old Following a long-held ambition to write fiction, Ellis attended a writing course in early 2014 run by the Curtis Brown agency. … Read More During the course she began writing her first novel, and after completing it her agent Gordon Wise submitted it to publishers under the pseudonym Jo Winter, the name of one of her grandmothers. A bidding war resulted in Ellis securing a six-figure two-book deal with Two Roads.

Read Less LATE ADULTHOOD JANET ELLIS: I LOST 10 BABIES IN FIVE YEARS - Mirror Online JANET ELLIS: I LOST 10 BABIES IN FIVE YEARS 00:00, 31 Aug 2005 08:44, 4 Feb 2012 By Mirror.co.uk THE former Blue Peter presenter, and mother of pop star Sophie Ellis-Bextor, reveal her tragic secret. Share Get daily news by email janet.ellis SHE has just returned from a holiday in Italy with her pop star daughter, her new son-in-law and, of course, her baby grandson. No wonder Janet Ellis is beaming with pride and happiness. Janet was thrilled to become a granny when her eldest daughter, 26-year-old Sophie Ellis-Bextor, had her first child 15 months ago. But although mother and daughter have always been close, she hid a heartbreaking secret from Sophie until little Sonny arrived safely.

After having her own three children - Sophie, by first husband Robin Bextor, then Jack, 17, and Martha, 14, by her second husband, John Leach - Janet suffered a traumatic 10 miscarriages. "It was incredibly painful," says TV presenter Janet, 49. "I was filled with grief and couldn't bring myself to talk about it publicly for years. "I didn't tell Sophie until after she'd had Sonny. I didn't want her to panic and think that she'd lose him. "After Martha was born in 1991 I wanted another baby but I miscarried at around eight weeks. Of course, it was an awful time. John was wonderful and I leaned on a few friends for support, but I mostly kept the sadness to myself. There was nothing anyone could say to make me feel better." Over the next five years, she miscarried nine more times. "I lost all my babies at between eight and 10 weeks," she says, sadly. "The hardest part was having seen their heartbeats during hospital scans." Janet, who lives in West London, has no idea why she miscarried so many times.

She thought it could be due to a poor functioning thyroid gland, her auto immune system, or an allergy to penicillin. But doctors were never able to pinpoint anything. "I think I was just unlucky," she shrugs. "I still feel sad sometimes. Even now I wonder what it would be like to have had more children." The miscarriages weren't the first time she'd had problems with a pregnancy. Martha was born 10 weeks prematurely. "She was kept in hospital, on a ventilator, for five weeks," recalls Janet. "She had to be fed through a special milk machine. It was horrible not being able to take her home and bond with her properly. "I can remember being in a hospital bed next to a woman who'd just given birth. She was crying, overwhelmed. I couldn't help thinking how lucky she was. "No one teaches you what it's like to give birth prematurely, and no one was ever able to tell me why it happened." At least the experience made her better able to advise Sophie when Sonny arrived eight weeks prematurely, in April 2004. "Sophie had pre-eclampsia and had to have a Caesarean," says Janet.

"The sights and smells of hospital brought back memories of having Martha. I visited Sophie every day and tried to reassure her she'd be fine." Then, last August, Sonny - whose dad is 26-year-old guitarist Richard Jones - fell ill with meningitis and was hospitalised. "We were all worried, but luckily it was caught early and he made a full recovery," says Janet. "Having Sophie has been one big adventure. I loved bringing her up and I'm thrilled she's a mum now too. "We have a great family life. My kids bring me so much joy." Adding to that joy, Sophie and Richard, who have been together for two years, got married in a secret ceremony in June. And the newlyweds invited Janet on a fortnight's holiday in Italy with them and Sonny. "It was so relaxing," she says. "We ate well and enjoyed being by the pool, and got plenty of sleep." Her 50th birthday may be fast approaching, but Janet still looks fantastic. She attributes her youthful glow and trim figure to a healthy diet, a moderate exercise routine and a sensible approach to food. "I swim three times a week for 25 minutes, and cycle everywhere," she says.

"It's easier than driving in London and it keeps me fit. "My biggest weakness is raspberries with clotted cream. And I love chocolate - proper bars like Galaxy. I don't know what I weigh. I'm not bothered by what the scales say. Besides, I think men like a few curves on a woman. "I love cooking evening meals with ingredients like sweet potatoes, sea bass and sun-dried tomatoes but it doesn't bother me if the kids eat the occasional burger and chips - I know they'll grow out of fast food." Her laid-back attitude is a far cry from her late 20s, when, as a Blue Peter presenter, she was neurotic about food. "After I had Sophie I caught a respiratory virus and lost a stone in a week," she says. "I got into the idea of being thin and ate practically nothing for a while. I was also unhappy in my marriage at the time. "When I started work as an actress I got more independent and neither myself nor my first husband Robin could cope with that. We split when Sophie was three. The stress of the break-up made me want to eat less, too.

But I later regained my appetite - I didn't want to teach Sophie to have a bad relationship with food." Apart from presenting The Great Garden Challenge on Channel 4, and appearing on Five's The Wright Stuff, Janet is also fronting a new campaign called TRIumph, to increase awareness of female incontinence. It's not a particularly glamorous subject, but one she feels should be addressed. "I haven't suffered from it myself, but one in three women do at some stage in their lives," she says. "It's a taboo topic, but we should be able to talk about it. We can discuss periods, childbirth and even our sex lives, so why not this?" When she's not busy working on her many presenting projects, Janet loves simply spending time with her family, and enjoying the self-assurance that has come with age. "The older I get the more comfortable I am with my body," says Janet. "It's important to relax, and enjoy yourself and the way you look.

Inner confidence is the sexiest trait of all." WHY DO WOMEN MISCARRY Dr Peter Bowen-Simpkins of the Royal College of Gynaecologists and Obstetricians, explains the main reasons: CHROMOSOMAL ABNORMALITIES A third of miscarriages are due to chromosome abnormalities between the sperm and egg. If they don't "match" the pregnancy won't survive. This becomes more common with age. Sixteen per cent of pregnancies in under 35s miscarry. This rises to 20 per cent in over 40s. AUTO IMMUNE DISEASES Conditions such as lupus can cause clots that stop the supply of blood to the foetus and cause miscarriage. This can be prevented with anticoagulant medication. INFECTIONS Infections like bacterial vaginosis weaken the amniotic sack which can then rupture and break. This is most likely to happen between 14 and 28 weeks. GET HELP Call the Miscarriage Association on 01924 200 799 or visit For more information on the TRIumph campaign visit women.co.uk GET OVER YOU - YouTube GET OVER YOU Want to watch this again later?

Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Oct 8, 2011 Ellis-Bextor was born in London on 10 April 1979, the daughter of Robin Bextor and former Blue Peter presenter Janet Ellis.As a young girl, she appeared on several Blue Peter items, with no indication given on-screen that she was Ellis's daughter. She attended St. Stephen's School and later Godolphin and Latymer School in Hammersmith. Among her earliest public performances were with the W11 Opera children's opera from the age of thirteen, and she is now a patron of the organisation. In 2005, Ellis-Bextor married bassist Richard Jones in Italy. Ellis-Bextor's second son was born on 7 February 2009 weighing 2 lb 10oz nine weeks premature.

This was her second complicated birth; her first son was born eight weeks prematurely by emergency cesarean section in April 2004 after Ellis-Bextor developed pre-eclampsia. BAND MEMBERS Keyboards: Christian Gulino Guitar: Neil Jones "Get Over You" and "Move This Mountain" are two pop songs recorded by Sophie Ellis-Bextor, released as a double A-side and the third single from her debut album Read My Lips. After two successful singles released earlier in 2001, the double A-side single was released in June 2002, in place of "Lover", which was due to be released as a single. At the time, "Get Over You" did not appear on Read My Lips, and thus, when it was released as a single, was a brand new track. This sparked a re-release of Read My Lips in July 2002. The single was Sophie's third top 3 hit, peaking at number three on the UK Singles Chart.

"Move This Mountain" was regarded as the better song of the two, but "Get Over You" received more promotion and had a more popular video, which was directed by "Max & Dania" as "MAD". The video for "Move This Mountain" was directed by Sophie Muller. Category Was Janet Ellis snubbed by Buckingham Palace for Blue Peter's 50th anniversary party? | Daily Mail Online Was Janet Ellis snubbed by Buckingham Palace for Blue Peter's 50th anniversary party? comments Snubbed? Janet Ellis, pictured with her daughter Sophie Ellis Bextor, was not invited to Blue Peter's 50th anniversary celebrations at Buckingham Palace It was the night Blue Peter's glorious TV history was rewarded with the ultimate accolade - a star-studded party thrown by the Queen. But one of the programme's most popular ex-presenters, Janet Ellis, wasn't even invited to last night's event at Buckingham Palace. Insiders are speculating that Miss Ellis, who made headlines in 1987 by having a child out of wedlock, was snubbed by old-fashioned event organisers for this very reason.

Her absence ignited a flurry of criticism among celebrities and senior BBC insiders, who branded the palace old fashioned and 'out of step with modern times'. Gloria Hunniford, whose late daughter Caron Keating presented the show in the 1990s, told MailOnline: 'Janet should absolutely have been invited. She contributed so much to the programme. Miss Hunniford added: 'I cannot believe the Queen would be that far behind the times.' Publicist Max Clifford said: 'It beggars belief that after all this time, the Royal Family can't move with the times. This is what happens in modern life, for goodness sake.' Among others not on the guest list were Richard Bacon - sacked amid allegations of cocaine abuse - and John Leslie, whose post Blue Peter television career effectively ended after he was accused of sex assaults. He was later acquitted of all charges. Blue days: Janet Ellis with Bonnie on Blue Peter in 1986 Miss Ellis, 52, caused a scandal when she fell pregnant with her son Jackson. At the time, she also had a daughter Sophie Ellis Bextor, who is now a pop star and model.

TV bosses claimed it set a bad example for the middle class audience of the squeaky clean show. RELATED ARTICLES Share this article Share Contacted by MailOnline today, Miss Ellis said: 'I would really hope that after all these years nobody has a problem with what happened back in the 1980s.' She added: 'In fairness to the BBC, there were only ten people invited yesterday and there have been more than 30 presenters over the years.' Time for tea: The Queen meets Blue Peter presenters (from left) John Noakes, Konnie Huq, Lesley Judd, and Diane-Louise Jordan, during a reception to mark the programme's 50th birthday at Buckingham Palace Among those enjoying the lavish celebrations last night were Valerie Singleton, John Noakes and Peter Purves. The trio from Blue Peter's golden age were among a select group of the programme's 34 presenters to attend the show's 50th birthday party at Buckingham Palace. The others were Lesley Judd, Simon Groom, Yvette Fielding, Katy Hill, Diane-Louise Jordan, Konnie Huq and Matt Baker.

The Queen, said to be a keen viewer and the proud owner of a gold Blue Peter badge, marked the half centenary of the show by inviting the presenters for tea. Enlarge Where are their badges? Peter Purves, Katy Hill, Matt Baker and Valerie Singleton line up to meet the Queen Miss Singleton, 71, said: 'I am just so flattered to be asked here. Blue Peter is such a fantastic programme. It does so many different things. 'It has ideas, it interests children in world affairs. They can contribute, there are pets and, of course, the badges. It is such a special programme.' One last stunt: Valerie Singleton ignores joker John Noakes as they arrive to see the Queen Mr Purves, 69, added: 'There will always be room for this kind of programme. It is a good magazine show. It is very well devised and lots of variety in it.' The show has a long history of Royal links: Princess Anne and Prince Charles were both filmed on safari for the show, while Prince Andrew and Prince Edward visited the set as youngsters.

He did two stints on the show from 1980 to 1984 and then again from 1985 to 1986. A tabloid newspaper revealed that he had appeared nude in the soft porn film The Lifetaker in 1975. The BBC have strongly denied that he was ever a porn star. Reunion: Lesley Judd and Konnie Huq arrive to see the Queen The show's longest serving presenter, John Noakes, only agreed fly in from his home in Majorca after a personal plea from the Queen. Noakes, who worked on Blue Peter for more than 12 years, originally turned down the invitation because of a long-standing feud with Biddy Baxter, the former editor. Over the past 50 years, personalities such as Tony Blair, Baroness Thatcher, JK Rowling and The Spice Girls have been interviewed on the programme. Off all the models created out of household objects, The Thunderbirds Tracy Island remains the show's most popular, with more than 100,000 viewers requesting a factsheet.

Golden age: Peter Purves, Lesley Judd, Valerie Singleton and John Noakes in 1972 Another former presenter Anthea Turner still owns the original she crafted on the show in 1993. It is estimated that, thanks to 46 Blue Peter charity appeals, the equivalent of more than £100million has been raised, while 14 'Bring and Buy Sale' initiatives have netted £57million. The show was launched on October 16 1958 as a seven-week experiment, slotted in between Watch With Mother and the magazine show Studio E. Its first hosts were Christopher Trace and Leila Williams and the programme was broadcast live from Lime Grove studios in West London, each Thursday for 15 minutes. P.S.

And some of the others who didn't get an invitation From top left: Janet Ellis, criticised in 1987 for becoming a single mother; John Leslie, after leaving the show faced sexual assault claims, later cleared; Peter Duncan, embarrassed by revelation he appeared in a 1975 porn film; Richard Bacon, fired in 1998 after cocaine scandal BBC NEWS | Entertainment | I'm pregnant says Ellis-Bextor I'm pregnant says Ellis-Bextor Singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor is expecting a baby with boyfriend Richard Jones, according to newspaper reports. "I've always wanted to be a mum and Richard and I are really excited," she is quoted as saying. "We're looking forward to starting a family." The 24-year-old daughter of former Blue Peter presenter Janet Ellis is reportedly three months pregnant. Her new single is out on December 29 - the same day that pop rival Victoria Beckham releases her new track. Fresh line-up for 5Live Breakfast Weekend presenter Shelagh Fogarty is to become the new co-host of BBC Radio 5Live's Breakfast Show. She will replace Victoria Derbyshire, who will front the morning show at 9am following maternity leave.

The show's co-host, Nicky Campbell, will remain on the programme, and will be joined by Fogarty in the new year. Fogarty, who began presenting for 5Live in 1999, said: "It's a massive programme and a great opportunity and I can't wait to start." Beyonce up for best single prize Beyonce, Dido and Daniel Bedingfield are among pop stars battling it out for the Record of the Year title. They are part of the shortlist of 10 acts with singles vying for ITV1's annual vote on Saturday for the most popular single of the last 12 months. Gareth Gates won last year's title with Unchained Melody, narrowly beating fellow Pop Idol finalist Will Young. The 10 songs will be introduced by ITV1's CD:UK presenter Cat Deeley, with the winner announced at 9.30pm. JK Rowling 'gives cash for land' Harry Potter author JK Rowling has given ï¿½200,000 to a Scottish Highland community to help them buy an estate, it has been reported.

The writer gave the money to help locals near her Perthshire mansion buy 1,100 acres near Schiehallion Mountain, the Times newspaper said. The estate was being run as a deer park before being put on the market in 2001. Rowling reportedly gave the group the money after a request for a Scottish Land Fund grant had been refused. Screenwriter Hartmann dies at 92 Comedy screenwriter Edmund L Hartmann, who wrote film scripts for Bob Hope, Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis and Abbott and Costello, has died aged 92. Hartmann, who died at his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, enjoyed a screenwriting career spanning more than 60 years. His scripts included Paleface for Hope, and The Caddy for Martin and Lewis. He also wrote Sherlock Holmes thrillers such as The Scarlet Claw, and worked as a writer-producer on US TV series such as My Three Sons with Fred MacMurray. UK stars to voice British comedy Oscar-winning actor Sir Ben Kingsley and Ewan McGregor are among the British stars lending their voices to a new animated comedy, Valiant.

Star Wars actor McGregor will voice the title character, a message-carrying wood pigeon who becomes the hero of the Royal Air Force during World War II. Kingsley will play the German falcon leader, alongside fellow Academy Award winner Jim Broadbent and John Hurt. The Office's Ricky Gervais will also star in the comedy, due out in 2004. Chasing Amy star Adams 'arrested' Actress Joey Lauren Adams, who appeared in the film Chasing Amy, was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving, reports have said. Adams, 38, was arrested on Friday after a police officer saw her hit the kerb pulling in to a petrol station, the San Diego Union Tribune said. The actress was later released by police, the paper added. Adams is best known for Chasing Amy, and has also appeared in Dr Doolittle 2 and John Travolta's Michael. Actor Paxton may direct golf film Actor Bill Paxton, star of films such as Aliens and Twister, is close to closing a deal to direct a film about an epic golf match, reports have said.

Paxton is being tipped for The Greatest Game Ever Played, a Disney film based on a classic 1913 golf match, magazine Hollywood Reporter said. The film tells how Francis Ouimet, a 20-year-old US amateur, beat British player Harry Vardon in the US Open. Paxton said the book of the match was a "great human-interest" story. Direcor Howard hails US scenery Director Ron Howard has praised the "threatening" New Mexico landscapes used in his new Western The Missing. The film, which stars Cate Blanchett and Tommy Lee Jones, opened in the US last week. "In making a suspense film that takes place outdoors, it was important to use the landscape in its most threatening kind of way," he said. The film stars Blanchett as a woman who is reunited with her father (Lee Jones) in a search for her missing daughter. Bowie to play Isle Of Wight event Music veteran David Bowie is to headline the Isle Of Wight Festival next year, it has been announced. The legendary festival, which was revived in 2002, will take place from 11 June to 13 June.

Bowie told Virgin Radio that he had "jumped" at the chance to perform at the festival. "It is a smashing thing to do," he said. "I was so envious of other acts that got to do the other Isle of Wight Festivals - it is really coming back." Avengers stars named 'worst duo' Ralph Fiennes and Uma Thurman have been named the worst movie double act by film critics. The pair received the vote from Total Film magazine for their appearance in The Avengers. Others to make the list included acting legends Lord Olivier and Marilyn Monroe for The Prince And The Showgirl. Meanwhile, Empire magazine has named the bicycle flight at the end of ET: The Extra-Terrestrial as the most magical moment in film history. New chart for lesser-known acts BBC digital radio station 6 Music has created a new chart - for bands that have never made it into the top 40. The station is launching the weekly rundown to promote acclaimed artists who enjoy only modest sales. The chart, to be broadcast each Saturday afternoon by newcomer Vic McGlynn, is supplied by the Official UK Charts Company. Station programme editor John Sugar said 6 Music "prides itself on championing new music".

Queen albums online for charity Every album from rock group Queen will be made available for download over the internet in the UK and Europe to mark World Aids Day on 1 December. The surviving members - Brian May, John Deacon and Roger Taylor - will donate royalties from the first week of sales to Aids charity Mercury Phoenix Trust. Queen's lead singer Freddie Mercury died of the disease in 1991. A recent three CD compilation of the band's greatest hits has sold more than a million copies in the UK. Ellis-Bextor: I want to take risks - BT Ellis-Bextor: I want to take risks Sophie Ellis-Bextor says she decided to do Strictly Come Dancing because she wanted to "shake things up a bit". Print this story Sophie Ellis-Bextor has said she decided to do Strictly Come Dancing because she wanted to "shake things up a bit". The singer, 34, told Marie Claire magazine about her reason for joining the BBC One show, where she has made the final six. "It was more about the desire to shake things up a bit," she said. "I really had no idea what I'd be like [at dancing] so there's a bit of a risk element.

It was petrifying - you get so nervous before the dance - but also a privilege. I want to push myself. It's too early to coast along." Sophie also spoke about getting pregnant within weeks of meeting her husband, The Feeling's Richard Jones, when she was just 24. The singer, the daughter of former Blue Peter presenter Janet Ellis, who now has three children, said: "I don't think you could ever be confident that it would work out OK. But mum said to me, 'It might not be the right time, it might not be the right man, but it's the right baby'." Sophie has the word Family inside a red heart inked on her arm and said that despite some negative remarks about the tattoo, she didn't regret it. "I had it done just after we had Sonny. There was a horrible reaction on Twitter," she told the magazine. It's a bit perverse but I thought, 'Ha ha, fine, I didn't do it for you. I like the fact that it suggests you don't know everything about me, and contrasts with what you might think of me." To read the feature in full, see the January issue of Marie Claire, out today (December 5).

Question: Which popular singer is the daughter of former Blue Peter presenter Janet Ellis?
Answer: Sophie Ellis-Bextor